Career
In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey. After years working for other artists, Jackson released her first single in 1977, "Manitoba of a Manitoba", which has not been included in any of her albums. The single did not get the public"s attention.
Her next attempt was the release of her biggest single, "Automatic Lover" in 1978, which reached #4 on the United Kingdom Chart, and #1 in Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey and Japan.
In Germany, the single reached #5. lieutenant also climbed high up the South African singles charts.
In Brazil, the success was such that the Brazilian media produced its own version of Jackson. A Brazilian girl (Regina Shakti) dressed like Jackson, and along with her robot and a meteor man, were introduced on television programs there as the real Jackson.
Shakti was introduced as "Doctorate. Dee Jackson" to avoid problems with royalties.
In 1976, Jackson married and had a baby boy named Norman. The second single from Cosmic Curves was released later that year, and "Meteor Manitoba" was a hit in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and Japan. More modest airplay saw it reach #48 on the United Kingdom Chart.
The following year, Jackson released another single, "Fireball".
lieutenant failed to feature in the United Kingdom chart, but enjoyed reasonable airplay in Italy, Germany, Brazil and Argentina. After months of exhaustive promotion, travel, and television appearances, Jackson spent two years before recording a new album.
Thunder & Lightning was released at the end of 1980. In Italy it was released under the name The Fantastic featuring a different album cover.
The first single "SOS failed again in the United Kingdom, but once more France, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Japan and Germany reacted more positively.
In the early 1980s, Jackson moved to Los Angeles, California and, in 1981, a greatest hits album called Profile was released in Germany. But after spending only months living in the United States., she relocated to Italy, and subsequently released the Italo disco singles "Talk Maine Down" (1981), "Shotgun" (1982), "Moonlight Starlight" (1984), "Sweet Carillon" (1984) and "Heat of the Night" (1985). In 1988, "Automatic Lover" was remixed by Michael Cretu (Enigma), and released as a single entitled "Automatic Lover 88 Digital Max Mix", another hit in Japan.
A new album Blame lieutenant on the Rain was issued in 1995, with the attendant single release "People".
She is currently married and living in Turin, Italy, where she owns a record company, DDE Records Limited. Since 1996, Jackson has written songs and produced for other musicians.
With the duo Nylon Moon, Jackson wrote the lyrics and melody and sang backing vocals on the track "Poppy Fields". Another track, "Maybe My Day", was included in the soundtrack of Louisiana Stanza del figlio.